How Is Sovereignty Is Gained And Lost?

This is an alphabetical version.  For a subjective ranked version see: Ranked: How Is Sovereignty Is Gained And Lost?

What Is Sovereignty:

Individual Sovereignty:

• The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff
• Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
• Citizenship Papers by Wendell Berry
• Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World by Bruce Schneier
• The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy by Anthony Gottlieb
• The Heroine With 1,001 Faces by Maria Tatar
• The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates by Peter T. Leeson
• Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
• A Renegade History of the United States by Thaddeus Russell
• The Second Stage by Betty Friedan
• The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it by Will Storr

Individual Sovereignty / Fiction:

• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

General Understanding Of Sovereignty:

• The Politics by Aristotle
• The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
• The Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the World by Stewart Patrick

General Understanding Of Sovereignty / Fiction:

• Death's End by Cixin Liu (The Three-Body Problem Series)

Various States:

Around The World

• 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
• 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann
• Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller
• Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations by Amy Chua
• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

African States: 

• The Challenge Of Africa by Wangari Maathai
• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

Empires Of Islam:

• Islam: A Short History by Karen Armstrong
• (Circa 10th - 12th Century C.E.) Saladin: The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built an Islamic Empire by John Man

European States:

• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

Middle East States:

• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

Latin American States:

• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

Which State Are You Interested In?

Artic:

• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

Argentina:

• (Circa 1970s - 2000s C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Bolivia:

• (Circa 1985 - 2000 C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

China:

• Ancient China: Chinese Civilization From Its Origins To The Tang Dynasty by Maurizio Scarpari
• Tibet on Fire: Self-Immolations Against Chinese Rule by Tsering Woeser
• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall
• (Circa 1980s - 1990s C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Congo:

• (1880s - Primarily 2000-2023 C.E.) Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara

Egypt:

• Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
• (Circa 10th - 12th Century C.E.) Saladin: The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built an Islamic Empire by John Man

France:

• Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts
• When Women Ruled The World by Maureen Quilligan

Franks:

• (Circa 8th - Mid 9th Century C.E.) Charlemagne by Johannes Fried

Greece:

• Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West by Tom Holland

Haiti:

• Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

India:

• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

India / Fiction

• Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

Indonesia:

• Indonesia, Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation by Elizabeth Pisani

Iraq:

• Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia by Janet Wallach
• (Circa 2003 - 2007 C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Israel:

• The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland by Shlomo Sand
• (Circa 1990s - 2007 C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Japan:

• Paekche's Principle: The Great Secret Of Asia by Bayemy Biyik
• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

Macedonia:

• Alexander the Great's Legacy: The Decline of Macedonian Europe in the Wake of the Wars of the Successors by Mike Roberts
• The Perdiccas Years, 323–320 BC: Alexander's Successors at War by Tristan Hughes

Mongolia:

• The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World by Marie Favereau
• The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire by Jack Weatherford

North Korea

• (Circa 391 - 2022 C.E.) Korea: A History by Eugene Y. Park

Norway:

• The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie

Pakistan:

• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

Persia:

• Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West by Tom Holland

Poland:

• (Circa 1980s - 1990s C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Portugal:

• The First Global Village: How Portugal Changed the World by Martin Page

Roman Empire:

• Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America by Cullen Murphy
• Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
• SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

Russia:

• Hybrid Warfare: The Russian Approach to Strategic Competition & Conventional Military Conflict by Curtis L. Fox
• October: The Story of the Russian Revolution by China Miéville
• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall
• (Circa 1990s - 2000 C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Singapore

• From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 by Lee Kuan Yew

South Africa:

• (Circa 1990s - 2006 C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

South Korea:

• (Circa 391 - 2022 C.E.) Korea: A History by Eugene Y. Park
• Paekche's Principle: The Great Secret Of Asia by Bayemy Biyik

Spain:

• Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-1763 by Henry Kamen
• The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Empire by William S. Maltby

Sri Lanka:

• (Circa 2003 - 2005 C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Syria:

• (Circa 10th - 12th Century C.E.) Saladin: The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built an Islamic Empire by John Man

United Kingdom:

• Cities of Empire: The British Colonies and the Creation of the Urban World by Tristram Hunt
• When Women Ruled The World by Maureen Quilligan
• The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie

United States of America:

• Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
• (Circa 1830s - 1880 C.E.)  Crazy Horse by Larry McMurtry
• The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall
• (Circa 1950s- 2007 C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
• These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore

Ukraine:

• Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum

Vikings:

• The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie